UPDATE 1-Lufthansa CEO says cost-cutting programme on track

Categories: Business| Oct 12, 2009

* Lufthansa relaunches on-board broadband internet access * Lufthansa cooperates with Panasonic for FlyNet program * Lufthansa shares up 1.4 pct (Adds detail and background) FRANKFURT, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAG.DE)is on course to meet its cost-cutting targets, the chiefexecutive of the ...Read More

Oil Pares Gains as Stock Market Declines Raise Demand Concern

Categories: Business| May 18, 2009

May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil pared gains, trading littlechanged in New York, as Asian stock markets declined on concernthe global economy may not recover anytime soon. Equities in Japan, the world’s third-biggest oil user, felltoday after Panasonic Corp. forecast a ...Read More

Japan Stocks Drop on European Economy Slump, Panasonic Forecast

Categories: Business| May 17, 2009

May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks slumped as Europe’seconomy contracted the most in at least 13 years and PanasonicCorp. forecast a second year of losses. Canon Inc., which generates about a third of its sales inEurope, slipped 3.6 percent. Mizuho Financial ...Read More

Falling sales hit Panasonic hard

Categories: Business| May 15, 2009

Panasonic is the world's largest maker of plasma TVs Panasonic has announced a big loss for the year to the end of March as the downturn hits demand for its products such as TVs and digital cameras. The Japanese electronics giant ...Read More

Top-of-the line micro four thirds camera costs as much as a top-of ...

Categories: SciTech| May 6, 2009

Top-of-the line micro four thirds camera costs as much as a top-of-the line D-SLR Panasonic makes a full line of digital cameras including D-SLR and point-and-shoot units. The company also makes a line of cameras that blur the lines between a ...Read More

Japan Stocks: Chiyoda Integre, Fujifilm, Panasonic, SMC, Sanrio

Categories: Business| Apr 5, 2009

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Averagerose 119.44, or 1.4 percent, to 8,869.28 as of 9:30 a.m. inTokyo. The following are among the most active shares in theJapanese market today. Stock symbols are in parentheses aftercompany names. Arc Land ...Read More